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After the U.S. national soccer team crashed out of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to Jamaica, Klinsmann salvaged positives from the wreckage. MORE: Images from semifinals | Why Klinsmann should stay | Mexico preps for Jamaica Klinsmann argued that his team grew stronger as the tournament wore on, falling victim to set-piece strikes and unlucky finishing against Jamaica. He highlighted the experience gained as the U.S. builds toward the 2018 World Cup in Russia....

The entire WWE Universe has been keeping a close eye out for clues and subtle hints at events and programming to solve the mystery. Even though the majority of fans think all of these creative puzzles may point to the Eater of Worlds, Bray Wyatt is returning to the company. But as of now, it’s only a speculative theory as it could be anyone. While appearing on this week’s edition of The Bump, Goldberg jokingly teased being involved in the enthralling white rabbit mystery as he overheard the hosts discussing it before he came on....

The glitzy gala, which has traditionally served as the first major show to kick off Hollywood’s awards season over the years, fell out of favor last year, after the Los Angeles Times published an exposé on the practices of the governing body. The damning article probed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) business practices and poor record of diversity and representation among its membership of international journalists. In the resulting backlash, a number of celebrities, broadcasters and studios distanced themselves from the Golden Globes, prompting the HFPA to announce in August plans to reform its membership over a span of 18 months....

Evidence of the GoldenEye 007 re-release has been steadily leaking online for years now. Most recently, GoldenEye 007 achievements appeared online, which was the strongest evidence yet that the game existed. Now that it’s been confirmed, fans have a better idea of what to expect from the project. RELATED: Twitch Streamer Beats All 296 Nintendo 64 Games, Even Superman GoldenEye 007 currently lacks a release date, but it’s been confirmed that the game will have achievement support, 4K resolution, and an improved frame rate....

CHASKA, Minnesota (Reuters) - The destiny of the Ryder Cup may rest on how Europe’s six rookies perform this week, according to Tony Jacklin, described by ESPN this week as the man who saved the biennial team event in the 1980s. Jacklin, Europe’s most decorated captain after winning twice and tying once in four Ryder Cups, says no one knows how Danny Willett, Chris Wood, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Andy Sullivan, Matt Fitzpatrick and Thomas Pieters will fare under the microscope....

Wie was right on the cut line at Royal Birkdale when she drove into the right rough on the 16th hole. The ball was in a thick bush, and as she approached the ball, Wie figured her only hope was to get relief from a plaque in the ground. LEADERBOARDS: Scottish Open | PGA: John Deere Classic | Women’s British Open “I actually was glad there was a plaque there,” she said....

Fisher started the final day of play at the Copperleaf Golf and Country Estate in Centurion, South Africa, five shots clear of the chasing pack. MORE: Leaderboard via Golf.com | Paula Creamer’s amazing victory putt | Rory McIlroy chases Honda Classic title And the 33-year-old was able to hold off stern challenges from Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey and home favorite Danie van Tonder to secure his first Tour win since the 2010 Irish Open....

It was a bruising return to the top flight for Frosinone, which had gone up via the playoffs. It was Atalanta’s first opening day win in 10 years. Gomez was sensational from the start and opened the scoring in the 14th minute, shortly after Frosinone had hit the post with one of its few chances. Atalanta was utterly dominant but didn’t double its lead until two minutes after the break when Hans Hateboer volleyed in a delightful cross from Gomez....

Accounts from all corners of Twitter are posting pictures of athletes and pop culture figures with captions of “Gonna tell our kids this was …” while intentionally naming incorrect people not shown in the picture. Of course, the trend quickly spread to the world of sports, where plenty of team and athlete accounts chimed in with their own posts. There has been no shortage of pop culture comparisons. Here are the best ones we could find....

Word of Sizemore's spring success comes at the expense of touted rookie Jackie Bradley Jr. Manager John Farrell disclosed the decision Friday, according to the Boston Herald. "I'd definitely this is a lot more satisfying," Sizemore said. "Just going through what I've gone through, all the negative things that have happened, it's been a long time since I've had positive news. It's been a long time since I've been able to play and just feel this good and be in this kind of setting and just kind of look forward to coming to the ballpark, not wondering what's going to happen next or what's going to hurt today....

Recently Google and Apple joined hands to develop the COVID-19 contact tracing app. Both companies said, to help people in this time of crises they are building a tracing app that will use Bluetooth technology. But after a few days of announcing the app, they now say they will discontinue the Bluetooth interoperability app after everything gets back to normal. This means once the pandemic is in control the app will shut down....

As spotted by fansite Huawei Central, Huawei Germany is preparing to launch a promotional campaign with Vodafone Germany and companion MVNO Otelo, which will cover numerous members of the Huawei P30 Series, including the as-yet-unannounced ‘ Huawei P30 Pro New Edition’. Set to run from 15 May to 4 June, the promotion is tied to the aforementioned P30 Pro New Edition, along with the Huawei P30 and the Huawei P30 Lite New Edition, which the phone maker released at the start of 2020....

In a Google Workspace Update published on Wednesday, the tech giant explains that the new Google Calendar entry type is called Focus time and works similar to an Out of Office event type. When you block off a Focus time, you have the option to automatically decline meetings or events that take place during that period. Focus time will appear with a headphone icon on Google Calendar, but you can choose to assign a new color, so your Focus time has different visibility than your events and other meetings....

According to Kotaku, there aren’t many specifics to go on about Google’s video game plans, but the outlet has heard that it will involve some sort of streaming platform, some type of hardware, and the company’s desire to acquire game developers by way of aggressive recruiting, or perhaps even through major acquisitions. As detailed by the report, this much information has been corroborated by five different sources who have either been briefed on Google’s plans or heard about them secondhand....

Following the massive success of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, and shortly before Jackson wrapped post-production on Return of the King, Universal Pictures approached him about reviving his vision for a remake of the Hollywood classic, having tried and failed to convince studios to support the project due to the surprising over-abundance of monkey-related movies being released in the late 1990s (Planet of the Apes, Mighty Joe Young), not to mention the much-maligned Godzilla in 1998....

“Our terms of service prohibit fundraising for the legal defense of a violent crime. At this time, the fundraiser has been removed and all donors have been refunded,” a GoFundMe spokesperson told Newsweek on Thursday. The 51-year-old Manhattan worker, Jose Alba, has been detained at Rikers Island on $250,000 bond after he was accused of killing Austin Simon in an alleged self-defense act on Friday, according to the video obtained by the New York Post....

For the unaware, GOG is a digital distributor of games created by Polish company CD Projekt of The Witcher fame and Cyberpunk 2077 infamy. Unlike other storefronts like Steam, GOG is committed to selling games free of digital rights management, or DRM. The distribution platform has a “you buy it, you own it” philosophy, and regularly hosts sales on everything from CD Projekt’s own Witcher series to newly released titles....

Considering the current state of U.S.-Sino relations–scraping their lowest point since the Tiananmen Square massacre–it’s remarkable that the “accident” didn’t erupt into a full-scale international incident. The PLA actually sat on the news of the U.S. “spies” for three days–perhaps to avoid embarrassing Foreign Minister Qian Qichen, who knew nothing of the incident when he sat down last week in Brunei with Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Not that the 90-minute talk accomplished much beyond a promise to hold further talks....

In a viral Facebook post, the 18-month-old Deku had a photo shoot in a miniature village that makes him look enormous. His owner Amy Brewer, 29, who lives in Carisbrooke, on the Isle of Wight, U.K., told Newsweek: “Godshill Model village had been on our bucket list to visit for a while because we have lived on the island for years now and never visited “I checked to see if they were dog-friendly and when we realized it was we thought it would be quite funny to take a photo of him stood amongst the village, looking like a giant ‘Dogzilla’....